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enBeyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellingtonhttp://www.librarypoint.org/beyond_category
<div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Book Lists</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/4191">African-American Success Stories</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/4292">The Music Men</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Keywords</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/126">Musicians</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/355">1940s</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1904">African Americans</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/3885">jazz musicians</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/4246">composers</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/4294">big bands</a></li></ul></div>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:07:02 +0000vjohnson12922 at http://www.librarypoint.orgJazz: A History of America's Musichttp://www.librarypoint.org/jazz_a_history_of_americas_music
<div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Book Lists</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/4203">Different Stories: The African-American Experience in Non-fiction</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Keywords</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/228">1920s</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/235">1930s</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1101">Jazz</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1904">African Americans</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/3885">jazz musicians</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/4225">music -- art -- entertainment</a></li></ul></div>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:23:51 +0000vjohnson12726 at http://www.librarypoint.orgThe Seventh Childhttp://www.librarypoint.org/seventh_child
<div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Book Lists</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/4191">African-American Success Stories</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Keywords</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1963">Harlem</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2001">African American women</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2860">Memoir</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/3885">jazz musicians</a></li></ul></div>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:31:07 +0000vjohnson12692 at http://www.librarypoint.orgScatman: An Authorized Biography of Scatman Crothers http://www.librarypoint.org/scatman
<div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Book Lists</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/4191">African-American Success Stories</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><h3>Keywords</h3><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/737">Actors and actresses</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1904">African Americans</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/3885">jazz musicians</a></li></ul></div>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:11:17 +0000vjohnson12673 at http://www.librarypoint.orgSkit-Skat Raggedy Cat Ella Fitzgerald by Roxanne Orgillhttp://www.librarypoint.org/skit_skat_raggedy_cat_orgill
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1574">Wini Ashooh</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/35">Autobiography and Biography</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1101">Jazz</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1103">Singers</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/3129">Women singers</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/3885">jazz musicians</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/28">LibraryPoint Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2671">Shelf Life Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/27">Book Buzz Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/971">Kids Blog</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/skit-scat.jpeg" alt="Skit-Skat Raggedy Cat Ella Fitzgerald" title="Skit-Skat Raggedy Cat Ella Fitzgerald" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Ella Fitzgerald developed a love for music and singing while she was a young girl growing up in&nbsp;New York.&nbsp; She and her mother Tempie used to dance around their&nbsp;apartment&nbsp;while Ella&#39;s younger sister Frances repeatedly put the&nbsp;needle back to the beginning of the record so that&nbsp;they could dance and sing&nbsp;the day away.&nbsp;&nbsp;They had such a grand time that they forgot all about the washing and the ironing.&nbsp; The book <a href="http://ipac.librarypoint.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=ISBNE&amp;term=+9780763617332">Skit Skat Raggedy Cat Ella Fitzgerald</a> by Roxanne Orgill and illustrated by Sean Qualls introduces us to the young Ella.&nbsp;&nbsp;At thirteen, Ella and her friend Charlie were singing and dancing on Morgan Street outside the apartment building.&nbsp;&nbsp;It was 1930 in Yonkers New York and people did not have much money.&nbsp; But some folks were able to spare some change for Ella and Charlie.&nbsp; They occasionally had a nickel or two tossed at them.</p>
<p>Charlie and Ella put their nickels together and they were able to take the Number 1 trolley to the end of the line.&nbsp; From there they climbed aboard the subway train to 125th Street.&nbsp; They were in Harlem.&nbsp; Ella watched the dancers at the Savoy Ballroom on Lenox Avenue.&nbsp; When Ella and Charlie danced outside the theatre, people tossed them their loose change.&nbsp; They were making more money than the shoeshine boys.&nbsp; Ella knew that she was going to be famous and she told everyone so.</p>
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